A movie that was exactly what I expected. Generic & boring. Even my 14 year old son wasn't impressed. Effects were OK. I say C

Rating: 5/10 (13 October 2013)

"There are things you can't fight - acts of God. You see a hurricane coming, you get out of the way. But when you're in a Jaeger, you can finally fight the hurricane. You can win." In the not too distant future an alien race called Kaiju arrive and begin to take over the world. To fight back humans invent giant robots called Jaeger's. After a mishap the Jaeger program is discontinued. When it turns out that the only way to stop the Kaiju is to bring back the Jaeger's, a former pilot (Hunnam) once again has a chance to save the world. Before I start I will say that I was not looking forward to seeing this at all. I am a sci-fi fan but this looked slow and boring. That said I will say this was pretty much what I expected. The effects were cool looking but this is really an un-original mix of Armegeddon, Real Steel, Independence Day (complete with a speech) and Voltron. All of which on their own are better then this movie. Also as a side note my 14 year old son was not impressed either. Overall, many people may like this but I found it way to generic and boring to stay interested in the whole time. I give it a C.